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muriel_volestrangler

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13. No, the OP is not 'MRA-ish' at all
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:45 AM
Apr 2016

The same problem is in your link too:

In 1987, when police, her sister and a neighbor asked who had attacked her, the woman gave three possibilities: "LC, Earl, Darnell." A couple of days later, however, she told police for the first time that Moses-EL, a neighbor, was her attacker.

His identity had come to her in a dream, she said.
...
With help from fellow inmates, Moses-EL collected enough money to conduct DNA testing on the evidence. A judge approved the request, but police mistakenly destroyed the evidence before it could be analyzed

Pointing out they used evidence from her dream, and that she had earlier named other people, and that the evidence that could have exonerated him, is not 'MRA'. It was the victim who named him, and from a dream. She does bear some of the responsibility for his conviction, though the prosecutors and police should have said "dreams don't count".

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Evidence is important Democat Apr 2016 #1
She had a dream. Isn't that enough? Feeling the Bern Apr 2016 #2
considering the percentage of rapes that actually end in a conviction of ANY kind Skittles Apr 2016 #3
It's fucked up AND scary. Wow! C Moon Apr 2016 #4
Aaaand he's African-American nxylas Apr 2016 #5
THAT is so deeply embarrassing to me Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #6
Every time something like this happens, they're always black. Oneironaut Apr 2016 #15
Maybe eveyone involved in this was black? The2ndWheel Apr 2016 #18
I don't know about the others involved, but somehow I doubt the jury was black. ohnoyoudidnt Apr 2016 #25
The victim might not have been motivated by racism nxylas Apr 2016 #26
A moderate google search turns up zilch for the identity of the woman... TipTok Apr 2016 #28
This is fucking horrible. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #7
YEAH... Lets never believe a woman who was raped again!!1! Ohio Joe Apr 2016 #8
She is responsible for her testimony mythology Apr 2016 #9
YEAH... Never believe a woman who is beaten and raped!!1! Ohio Joe Apr 2016 #10
oh FFS ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #11
Nah GummyBearz Apr 2016 #19
It's fun to pretend as much... regardless of how absurd the pretension may be. LanternWaste Apr 2016 #20
There are multiple biases in this case GummyBearz Apr 2016 #21
No, the OP is not 'MRA-ish' at all muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #13
1 woman gets drunk Ohio Joe Apr 2016 #16
Which is relevant to why she gave 3 names to identify who might have raped her muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #17
No one ever said let's never believe a woman who was raped Downtown Hound Apr 2016 #14
No... She does not Ohio Joe Apr 2016 #22
If you wrongfully finger somebdoy, especially based on a dream Downtown Hound Apr 2016 #23
I'm curious as to why you think she wrongfully fingered him on purpose? TorchTheWitch Apr 2016 #31
I blame her because it's stupid to rely on dreams Downtown Hound Apr 2016 #32
"Clearly" Act_of_Reparation Apr 2016 #12
I only have one question malaise Apr 2016 #24
Hmmm, I'm guessing yes. bermudat Apr 2016 #27
Weren't the other men that she named also AA? TipTok Apr 2016 #30
I can't agree with suing the victim Bradical79 Apr 2016 #29
Our long national nightmare is over. KamaAina Apr 2016 #33
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